It asserts that eCullet is in the process of selling off equipment at the site and the California-based firm “intends to abandon the facility, leaving a disgusting and dangerous garbage dump that is a ticking time bomb.”

The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring eCullet to clean the site, described as “an above-ground landfill gorged to the girders with shredded, fermenting glass-filled trash.”

It estimates a cleanup could take $2 million and more than a year.

The suit also asks a judge to order continued recycling at the site and require the return of any equipment that’s been removed from the site.

Attorneys for the two sides could not be reached for comment, but a neighborhood activist said she hopes the lawsuit prompts improvements in a heavily industrial area.

“We’d like to see it cleaned up,” said Esther Gross, a resident who heads Morgan Village Circle Community Development. “We’d like to feel safe.”

Gross added her group has expressed its concerns about odors and possible contaminants to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

“We need to know just what we’re inhaling,” she said.

The lawsuit alleges the warehouse holds large amounts of crystalline silica. That substance can cause cancer when inhaled, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“The smell in the warehouse at the property is terrible and the air inside the warehouse contains tangible irritants,” says the landlord’s complaint, which was filed Monday.

The lawsuit requests an immediate ruling.

“The risk of spontaneous combustion at the site makes the building a potential bomb waiting to go off in the city,” it says. The lawsuit also notes workers who arrived Monday are “currently tearing down equipment in hopes that the facility will be stripped of all recycling equipment by this weekend.”

The recycling firm produces clear, green and brown cullet, or crushed glass, the suit says. It says eCullet leased the building from December 2011 through October 2012.

According to the lawsuit, an eCullet executive has said the firm has the right to store “unprocessed residue” in the warehouse, but the suit contends the firm has violated its lease and is breaking city laws.

The suit also contends eCullet has fallen behind on its rent and damaged the building, and may owe more than $100,000 for damage to a crane.